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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

900 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2001



...FLOOD WATCH DISCONTINUED FOR SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...



AT 900 PM THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF 

MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELED. A 

FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND INTERIOR SOUTH 

FLORIDA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES 

COLLIER...GLADES...HENDRY COUNTIES AND THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF 

MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES.  



WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY IN THE EASTERN GULF OF 

MEXICO...THE BAND OF HEAVIEST RAIN THAT WAS OVER SOUTH FLORIDA 

EARLIER TODAY HAS SHIFTED WEST...AWAY FROM THE GOLD COAST OF 

SOUTHEAST FLORIDA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR OVER THE 

COASTAL SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TONIGHT AND EARLY 

FRIDAY...INCLUDING THE NAPLES...MARCO ISLAND AREAS OF COLLIER COUNTY.



SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST 

FLORIDA TONIGHT AND ARE LIKELY ON FRIDAY. SOME OF THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...BUT NO WIDESPREAD 

HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION 

STATIONS...FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.





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